Is my tank ready for anemone ?

[Fisshboy]

Hi all, as the title says really my tank has been up and running about 6-7 months its a juwel trigon 190 sumped and it has 6-7 soft corals 7 fish a few shrimps,starfish,urchin,crabs etc and 2 T5 HO 54W bulbs 1 marine white and 1 actinic blue was wondering if i can add a cody anemone or is it a bad idea? Will it jut roam around and sting everything else? I was planning on keeping it in a clear container with holes drilled and a mesh lid with a rock for it to hopefully attach to Iv attached a picture of test result from my water just now salinity is 1.025

Thanks

 

[kdpuffer]

I think your tank is ready but your lights probably aren't going to cut it. Nems need intense lighting.

 

[mr_X]

You can't force an anemones to stay anywhere. It will move where it wants to. Using the clear container is not going to help. I also agree that you don't have enough light.

 

[Fisshboy]

The store thats selling them keeps them under t5HO and said there fine i dunno if i trust them though, i know a bloke thats kept one under a T8 for some time now though

 

[mr_X]

T5 is just the type of lamp. It's not the intensity. I would have at least 4 T5 lamps over your tank, but 6 would be better.

 

[Fisshboy]

I have 30 9800k 78 lumen led's with magnification lenses and 20 actinic blue the same i have added aswell as my T5 its plenty bright enough now

 

[Ingy]

You have 50 x 1W (bridgelux?) leds for a 48" tank. Even if they are driven to 100%, which it sounds like, it will be touch-and-go for an anemone. Might work tho with the 2 T5HO bulbs.

 

[Fisshboy]

The LED's i have are custom made 4 per square by someone here in England heres a few pictures of the lights not all mine just the ones i had one hand that he's done